Callum Jones

Tributes have been paid to a hairdresser who worked in Northampton for seven years after he was found dead in his apartment last night.

Ashley Gillard’s body was found in a fourth-floor flat in Trevithick Court, Wolverton, at 11.40pm last night.

Police were called to the address following reports of a fire in the flat.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody.

Det Supt Chris Ward from the Thames Valley Police Major Crime Unit said: “A murder investigation is now underway and forensic work is ongoing at the scene. We are at the early stages of our investigation.”

Mr Gillard was a freelance hairdresser, who for the past six months worked at HairCo2 in Wolverton.

He previously worked for Hensmans in Abington Square, Northampton, and had been there for seven years.